This coming October, when Google is predicted to unveil the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Professional, we may also see the introduction of the Pixel Watch 2. And in response to Android Authority, a brand new chipset will likely be powering the following iteration of the timepiece. The Exynos 9110 SoC, launched in early 2018, was the grey bearded silicon employed on the first-generation Pixel Watch despite the fact that it additionally powered the primary Galaxy Watch years in the past. Based on the report, that chipset will likely be changed on the following Pixel Watch with the Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 Gen 1.
The Samsung chipset featured a pair of Arm Cortex-A53 cores operating at a clock pace of 1.15GHz. The Snapdragon SoC has 4 of these cores operating at 1.7GHz. And the GPU within the Snapdragon wearable chipset, the Adreno 702, is a giant enchancment over the GPU used on the Exynos part. Moreover, the Exynos 9110 was constructed utilizing Samsung Foundry’s 10nm course of node. The Snapdragon W5 is constructed utilizing a 4nm course of node. Efficiency and vitality effectivity ought to be a lot improved.Â
Additionally serving to to ship higher battery life, the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 helps low-power states comparable to Deep Sleep and Hibernation. The Pixel Watch 2 may have a battery rated at 306mAh (typical) which is a 4.1% hike from the 294mAh battery that the unique Pixel Watch was geared up with.
Screengrabs of the animation that will likely be used on demo fashions of the Pixel Watch 2
The Pixel Watch 2 may also be geared up with an Extremely-Wideband (UWB) chip. This could possibly be used as a part of Google’s upcoming Discover My Gadget community to assist present a brand new Google merchandise tracker with exact places on the place to discover a lacking merchandise that has been tagged. UWB might additionally permit the Pixel Watch 2 for use as a digital automotive key. Proper now, BMW helps the know-how with different automakers like GM, Honda, Hyundai, and Volkswagen engaged on including the function.
The Pixel Watch 2 may have Put on OS 4 pre-installed and is predicted to maintain the identical look with the big bezels on the show that some customers criticized final 12 months. The 1.2-inch round OLED show, with a 384 x 384 decision, comes from Samsung Show this 12 months; the display screen on the OG mannequin got here from BOE. Additionally, the Pixel Watch 2 is predicted to be the primary smartwatch that can run software program updates within the background whereas permitting the consumer to nonetheless use the gadget.
There are two codenames for the Pixel Watch 2. “Eos” is the model that runs on LTE and “Aurora” is the Wi-Fi variant. There are additionally three mannequin numbers: G4TSL, GC3G8, and GD2WG. Earlier this month, the brand new watch faces for the Pixel Watch 2 had been the topic of a significant leak.
